diff --git a/notebooks/AGIPD/AGIPD_Correct_and_Verify.ipynb b/notebooks/AGIPD/AGIPD_Correct_and_Verify.ipynb
index 018dc4445285f14deeba910d784e65e4d67fb6b6..9c38bd80c4b8e4713866bdfca41d78fe404e48a0 100644
--- a/notebooks/AGIPD/AGIPD_Correct_and_Verify.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/AGIPD/AGIPD_Correct_and_Verify.ipynb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     "n_cores_files = 4 # Number of files to be processed in parallel\n",
     "sequences_per_node = 2 # number of sequence files per cluster node if run as SLURM job, set to 0 to not run SLURM parallel\n",
     "max_nodes = 8 # Maximum number of SLURM jobs to split correction work into\n",
-    "max_tasks_per_worker = -1  # the number of tasks a correction pool worker process can complete before it will exit and be replaced with a fresh worker process. Leave as -1 to keep worker alive as long as pool.\n",
+    "max_tasks_per_worker = 1  # the number of tasks a correction pool worker process can complete before it will exit and be replaced with a fresh worker process. Leave as -1 to keep worker alive as long as pool.\n",
     "\n",
     "def balance_sequences(in_folder, run, sequences, sequences_per_node, karabo_da, max_nodes):\n",
     "    from xfel_calibrate.calibrate import balance_sequences as bs\n",